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May 27, 2010

Funding Provided for Mount Moriah Recreation Infrastructure

The Town of Mount Moriah has been provided with $15,000 from the Community Capital Grant Program to assist with repairs to its town hall/recreation centre, a multi-purpose facility which serves as a venue for numerous community-based recreation programs.

"This investment is provided to facilitate repairs to the wheelchair access to the building, as well as to help with upgrades to insulation and exterior siding," said the Honourable Terry French, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation. "It is important that such a facility is well-maintained and that the programming offered there is available to the entire community."

Mount Moriah is among more than 30 communities throughout the province which will receive funding to purchase equipment and upgrade their recreation and sport infrastructure through the most recent allocation of $450,900 through the Community Capital Grant Program.

"It is important that we maintain our recreational facilities throughout the province, as this helps to promote and increase the level of physical activity in our communities," said Bay of Islands MHA Terry Loder. "This facility is very important to residents as it serves a multitude of purposes, and these upgrades will ensure continued service for the people of the Town of Mount Moriah well into the future."

The Community Capital Recreation Grant Program is an application-based program that provides funding of up to $15,000 to assist municipalities and recreation commissions to improve their recreation and sports infrastructure.

Budget 2010: The Right Investments — For Our Children and Our Future provides an additional $300,000 to the Community Capital Grant Program, bringing the total annual investment in this program to $1.3 million. Since the introduction of the Provincial Government's recreation and sport strategy, Active, Healthy Newfoundland and Labrador (2007), more than $62.4 million in new funding has been committed for recreation and sport infrastructure and equipment throughout the province.

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Media contacts:

Heather May
Director of Communications
Tourism, Culture and Recreation
709-729-0928, 697-5061
heathermay@gov.nl.ca
Donna Ivey
Communications Manager
Government Members Office
709-729-0898, 697-1424
donnaivey@gov.nl.ca

2010 05 27                                                      10:00 a.m.
 


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